18 research outputs found
Land Rights and the Forest Peoples of Africa: Historical, Legal and Anthropological Perspectives
This composite publication
presents and complements a
study conducted on the land
rights of indigenous peoples in
five countries of the forested
region of Africa, namely
Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC),
Rwanda and Uganda. Building
on historical facts and legal
developments, the study
highlights indigenous peoples’
loss of resources and land to
colonists, commercial enter-
prises and conservation initiatives. It also de
scribes how, having been dispossessed of their
ancestral lands and, in many cases, not alloca
ted alternative land, indi
genous forest peoples
in Africa today live in extremely vulnerable
conditions and experience marginalisation and
poverty
Adaptive allocation of attention: effects of sex and sociosexuality on visual attention to attractive opposite-sex faces
We tested the hypothesis that, compared with sociosexually restricted individuals, those with an unrestricted approach to mating would selectively allocate visual attention to attractive opposite-sex others. We also tested for sex differences in this effect. Seventy-four participants completed the Sociosexual Orientation Inventory and performed a computer-based task that assessed the speed with which they detected changes in attractive and unattractive mate and female faces. Differences in reaction times served as indicators of selective attention. Results revealed a SexxSociosexuality interaction: Compared with sociosexually restricted men, unrestricted men selectively allocated attention to attractive opposite-sex others; no such effect emerged among women. This finding was specific to opposite-sex targets and did not occur in attention to same-sex others. These results contribute to a growing literature on the adaptive allocation of attention in social environments. (C)) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved